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Tuesday, June 30, 2015
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Watch This Strange Multicopter Carry A Guy [feedly]
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Watch This Strange Multicopter Carry A Guy
// Popular Science
Quadro Multirotor
Screenshot by author, from YouTube
There are some strange relatives in the helicopter family. Small quadrotor drones are the most popular recent addition, but there have been human-carrying cousins for decades. These aborted hoverbikes took the unusual step of putting an exposed pilot safely above the craft's spinning blades. Not content with those flying human blenders, some human-carrying multicopters aim to sit the pilot almost level with the rotors. Check out this project man-carrying multi-copter from Quadro UAS:
Video of Autonomous human transport project
Despite the low flight in the video, this project is hardly haphazard experimentation. The vehicle makers document the math behind the decision. The vehicle uses 16 rotors, arranged in clusters of four, powered by electric engines. A lightweight passenger (no heavier than 134 lbs) sits in the center. Autonomous drone flight software steers the craft. Like other human-lifting multirotors, it's a work in progress, promising short flights for light people willing to overcome their fear of nearby spinning blades.
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Friday, June 26, 2015
George Neal Named World's Oldest Active Pilot [feedly]
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George Neal Named World's Oldest Active Pilot
// AVweb Top News
Cresting a sparkling aviating career, George Neal is now the oldest active pilot in the world at age 96, as entered in the Guinness Book of World Records. Neal, a longtime test pilot, flew his Chipmunk from Brampton Airport to Toronto Pearson International on June 2 to set the record. Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, which inducted Neal in 1995, submitted the record application.
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Friday, June 19, 2015
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Auburn to launch first unmanned aircraft flight school in July [feedly]
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Auburn to launch first unmanned aircraft flight school in July
// Federal Aviation Administration News
Auburn University in July will officially begin classes for the nation's first FAA-authorized flight school for pilots of unmanned aircraft. Auburn's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight School was approved by the FAA in April, according to a report from the Alabama Department of Commerce.
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Fwd: Instructor Postions Available at American Flyers Houston
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SAAB To Test Remote Control Towers - I have been warning of this for about three years now.
No one in the tower. That is ok. There is no one in the plane either. If the plane crashes and hits a car or truck, that is ok too.
There is no one in either of them either.
If it hits a factory, that will be ok too. No one is there either. Only robots.There is no one in either of them either.